The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Operations Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Operations Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Operations Analyst
Rank 804 849 848
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 37 17 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.037% 0.015% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.016% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 35 10 2
Average salary £39,000 £37,500 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% +59.57%
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £35,000 £23,500
% change year-on-year
+11.42% +48.93%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95490 107493 111049
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.41% 94.82% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 80297 92843 94497
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,925 £27,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Security Operations Analyst
UK

Security Operations Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Operations Analyst across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Security Operations Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Operations Analyst across the England region.

England Security Operations Analyst Salary Trend

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Operations Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Security Operations Analyst Salary Histogram

Security Operations Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East - 15 £39,000 -
London +63 12 £45,000 -35.71%
East of England +10 8 £30,000 -25.00%
Yorkshire +1 2 £41,000 -
South West -2 2 £39,000 -17.89%
Security Operations Analyst
UK

Security Operations Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Security Operations Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Operations Analyst in their job title.

1 46 (66.67%) Firewall
2 38 (55.07%) SIEM
3 27 (39.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (27.54%) Intrusion Detection
4 19 (27.54%) PCI DSS
4 19 (27.54%) Windows
5 17 (24.64%) Information Security
6 16 (23.19%) Penetration Testing
6 16 (23.19%) VPN
6 16 (23.19%) Microsoft
7 15 (21.74%) Linux
8 14 (20.29%) Data Security
9 13 (18.84%) MS Excel
9 13 (18.84%) Nessus
9 13 (18.84%) PCI QSA
9 13 (18.84%) Vulnerability Management
10 12 (17.39%) SC Cleared
10 12 (17.39%) Security Cleared
10 12 (17.39%) Identity Management
11 11 (15.94%) GIAC
11 11 (15.94%) ITIL
11 11 (15.94%) Qualys
11 11 (15.94%) Network Design
12 10 (14.49%) Snort
12 10 (14.49%) Incident Management
12 10 (14.49%) CEH
12 10 (14.49%) CISSP
12 10 (14.49%) Finance
13 9 (13.04%) Management Information System
13 9 (13.04%) Internet

Security Operations Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Security Operations Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Operations Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (4.348%) JSP
2 2 (2.899%) Middleware
3 1 (1.449%) COM
Application Platforms
1 7 (10.14%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.449%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.449%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 13 (18.84%) MS Excel
2 7 (10.14%) S-PLUS
2 7 (10.14%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 46 (66.67%) Firewall
2 19 (27.54%) Intrusion Detection
3 16 (23.19%) VPN
4 9 (13.04%) Internet
5 7 (10.14%) Network Security
6 6 (8.696%) LAN
6 6 (8.696%) TCP/IP
6 6 (8.696%) WAN
7 5 (7.246%) tcpdump
7 5 (7.246%) Wireshark
8 4 (5.797%) DNS
8 4 (5.797%) HTTP
9 3 (4.348%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (4.348%) X.509
9 3 (4.348%) SMTP
9 3 (4.348%) FTP
9 3 (4.348%) LDAP
10 2 (2.899%) SSL
10 2 (2.899%) Wireless
11 1 (1.449%) SSH
General
1 10 (14.49%) Finance
2 3 (4.348%) Retail
3 1 (1.449%) Banking
3 1 (1.449%) Financial Institution
3 1 (1.449%) Military
3 1 (1.449%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.449%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 7 (10.14%) Cryptography
3 6 (8.696%) Smartcard
4 5 (7.246%) PKI
5 4 (5.797%) Client/Server
5 4 (5.797%) Firmware
5 4 (5.797%) CESG
6 2 (2.899%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 19 (27.54%) Windows
2 15 (21.74%) Linux
3 7 (10.14%) UNIX
4 5 (7.246%) Solaris
5 2 (2.899%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.449%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.449%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.449%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (55.07%) SIEM
2 17 (24.64%) Information Security
3 16 (23.19%) Penetration Testing
4 14 (20.29%) Data Security
5 13 (18.84%) Vulnerability Management
6 12 (17.39%) Identity Management
7 11 (15.94%) ITIL
7 11 (15.94%) Network Design
8 10 (14.49%) Incident Management
9 9 (13.04%) Ethical Hacking
9 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (10.14%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 6 (8.696%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (8.696%) Security Testing
12 5 (7.246%) Use Case
12 5 (7.246%) Change Control
12 5 (7.246%) Computer Security
13 4 (5.797%) Information Assurance
14 3 (4.348%) Reverse Engineering
14 3 (4.348%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.246%) PowerShell
1 5 (7.246%) Python
1 5 (7.246%) Perl
2 2 (2.899%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (18.84%) PCI QSA
2 12 (17.39%) SC Cleared
2 12 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 11 (15.94%) GIAC
4 10 (14.49%) CEH
4 10 (14.49%) CISSP
5 7 (10.14%) GCIH
6 6 (8.696%) DV Cleared
7 5 (7.246%) GCIA
8 4 (5.797%) Degree
9 3 (4.348%) CCSA
10 1 (1.449%) GPEN
10 1 (1.449%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (39.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (27.54%) PCI DSS
3 3 (4.348%) JSP 440
3 3 (4.348%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.449%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (14.49%) Snort
2 1 (1.449%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (18.84%) Nessus
2 1 (1.449%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (23.19%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.94%) Qualys
3 8 (11.59%) ArcSight
4 5 (7.246%) Cisco
5 4 (5.797%) SAP
5 4 (5.797%) CheckPoint
6 3 (4.348%) McAfee
6 3 (4.348%) Juniper
7 2 (2.899%) VMware
7 2 (2.899%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.449%) Blue Coat
8 1 (1.449%) Sourcefire
8 1 (1.449%) Websense
8 1 (1.449%) Symantec
8 1 (1.449%) NetApp
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